JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 22-year-old Edward Waters University (EWU) student was found safe Tuesday night after her family was concerned about her whereabouts and reported her missing on Monday to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
In a flyer circulating on social media, Auriyah “Moonchild Auri” Stewart was last seen Saturday at EWU.
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Her mother, Dawn Stewart, told News4JAX that she spoke to her daughter on a Facetime call on Saturday when Stewart went to celebrate EWU’s homecoming festivities but hasn’t heard from her since.
Dawn went to visit Stewart the following day but she wasn’t there.
“I said, ‘Okay, well, she has classes on tomorrow. So she’ll go to class,’ and she’s a residential assistant. So I said, ‘She has desk duty. She’s gonna make it to the duty.’ I got ready for work the next morning. And she hadn’t called us,” her mother said.
She then called the school to see if she was in her dorm or in class but officials said she wasn’t there.
The family had growing concerns, especially since Stewart suffers from seizures and takes daily medication for them.
“As long as she’s taking her medicine on her regular schedule, she’s fine. But when she doesn’t, she’s gonna have a seizure and she loses memory so she might be confused to where she’s at,” Dawn said.
Stewart’s parents were begging for her return.
“Just come home, baby. We love you. It doesn’t matter what was happening. It does not matter. Just come home. Call me, I will come get you,” her mother pleaded.